When will the power be back in McMinn County, TN?

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No significant county-wide outage reported in McMinn County, TN right now.

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Elsewhere in Tennessee: 1,429 customers reported out — statewide status.

Updated 11:31 PM EDT.

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Who serves McMinn County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Volunteer Energy Cooperative, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Athens Utility Board also serves parts of this county — we don't yet read its own live outage map. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider.

Outage history — McMinn County, TN

Last significant outage: Oct 1, 2026 — peaked at 394 customers, restored in ~3 hr (no severe weather).

Across the 9 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 4 hr.

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Aug 1, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — McMinn County, TN

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 323 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~2 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.

Largest on record: ~3,518 customers out in March 2023, restored after about 2.2 days.

Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-level records 2014–2025 measured by the same rules as our tracking archive above, over a far longer period than we have been tracking — the same method, a different set of outages. These are federal historical records, not events tracked live by this site.

Cities we track in McMinn County

Athens

Communities in McMinn County include Athens, Etowah, Englewood, Niota, Calhoun and Riceville. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.

Common questions

How do I report a power outage in McMinn County, TN?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of McMinn include Volunteer Energy Cooperative and Athens Utility Board — service areas overlap and county lines don't decide your provider, so confirm yours, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line also helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.

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Meigs County · Monroe County · Rhea County · Polk County · Bradley County · Loudon County · Roane County · Hamilton County

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